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The Feedzai Story

Feedzai is the market leader in fighting fraud with AI. We’re coding the future of commerce with today’s most advanced risk management platform powered by big data and machine learning. Founded and developed by data scientists and aerospace engineers, Feedzai has one mission: to make banking and commerce safe. The world’s largest banks, processors, and retailers use Feedzai’s fraud prevention and anti-money laundering products to manage risk, while improving customer experience.

Nuno Sebastiao

Co-founder, Chairman, and CEO

Prior to starting Feedzai, Nuno was an engineer for the European Space Agency, and worked closely with several successful technology startups.

In 2011, Nuno, along with his fellow co-founders Paulo Marques and Pedro Bizarro, established Feedzai to fight financial fraud with advanced machine learning technology.

Fast forward to today, Nuno has been named the Entrepreneur of the Year by London Business School, shared a stage with tech leaders such as Stephen Hawking and Steve Wozniak, and has been the driving force of Feedzai's global growth.

Under Nuno's leadership, Feedzai has raised more than $82 million in venture funding, is on track to surpass 400 employees by the end of 2018, and continues to keep commerce safe for many of the leading banks, retailers, and payment processors around the globe.

Nuno has an MBA from the London Business School.

Saurabh Bajaj

Senior Vice President and Head of Product

Saurabh Bajaj is Senior Vice President and Head of Product at Feedzai, where he leads product development and management. Prior to Feedzai, Saurabh was head of fraud and risk products at Neustar, a leading identity resolution company. Saurabh holds a Bachelor of Engineering from the University of Mumbai and an MBA from the University of California, San Diego.

Kathryn Montilla

Senior Vice President of Operations

Prior to joining Feedzai in 2016, Kathryn served in management and operational roles at Bridgewater Associates and Pfizer.

Since joining Feedzai in 2016, Kathryn has built the operations team supporting the worldwide expansion of Feedzai, managing people, talent, and recruitment, while ensuring efficient and cohesive processes across the organization.

Kathryn has a Masters Degree from Columbia University.

Richard Harris

Senior Vice President of Sales (International)

Before joining Feedzai in 2015, Richard held Vice President roles at both Experian and Accertify, where he built global sales teams and led regional expansion.

Richard is a seasoned veteran in both the financial and technological industries and has been instrumental to Feedzai’s successful global expansion.

Steve Liu

Head of APAC

While Feedzai scales and increases momentum across the world, Steve and his team are bringing machine learning tools for fraud prevention to some of the biggest financial services companies in Asia.

Pedro Bizarro

Co-founder and Chief Science Officer

Prior to the inception of Feedzai, Pedro served as a Professor at the University of Coimbra. In 2011, Pedro, along with his fellow co-founders Nuno Sebastiao and Paulo Marques, established Feedzai to fight financial fraud with advanced machine learning technology.

As a member of the Forbes Technology Council and an adjunct Professor at Carnegie Melon, Pedro has turned his technical expertise into entrepreneurial success. Pedro continues to advance Feedzai’s machine learning platform through the use of data science and research.

Pedro has a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Paulo Marques

Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer

Prior to the inception of Feedzai, Paulo was Co-Director of the Carnegie Mellon University Portugal Program on Software Engineering, and held a dual appointment between Carnegie Melon University and the University of Coimbra.

In 2011, Paulo, along with his fellow co-founders Nuno Sebastiao and Pedro Bizarro, established Feedzai to fight financial fraud with advanced machine learning technology.

Paulo is a member of the Forbes Technology Council and has managed major projects for the European Space Agency, Microsoft Research, and Siemens. Paulo holds a PhD in Distributed Systems from the University of Coimbra and has authored over 40 peer-reviewed papers and a best-selling book on C# programming. Paulo is responsible for Feedzai’s overall product development and technology strategy.

Jim Priestley

Chief Revenue Officer

Prior to joining Feedzai, served as Group Vice President of Sales at Oracle and Head of Revenue at BetterWorks. Jim was also at Box where he was the Senior Vice President of Major Accounts and Strategic Verticals leading up to and through Box's successful IPO.

Since coming to Feedzai in 2017, Jim has expanded the company’s sales and business development organization into North America, EMEA, and APAC.

Pedro Barata

Head of Customer Success

Pedro's team is responsible for delivering global projects and ensuring success throughout their customer journey. Pedro is responsible for global solutions delivery, professional services, customer management, and customer support.

Filipe Neves

Head of Finance

Prior to joining Feedzai, Filipe was an adjunct professor at the University of Coimbra and worked in financial planning at IPN.

Since Filipe joined Feedzai in 2013, he has managed the entire finance function for the company, and has helped Feedzai raise $82 million in Venture Capital funding.

Phong Rock

Senior Vice President of Sales (North America)

Phong has more than 25 years of experience in the financial services, payments, and fintech industries, with roles with Wells Fargo, JP Morgan Chase, Visa, Mastercard, Obopay, Accenture, and Experian. Phong joined Feedzai in 2015, and since then has helped to ramp up the company’s expansion in North America.

Our DNA

Many years back, our team’s journey began in university research and at the European Space Agency. Right now, we’re propelling all that DNA forward and towards building a big platform to speed the business of risk management into the future.

Everyday, we’re re-imagining financial technology and making it better for everyone. Transparency, speed and efficiency—these are the expectations for the new generation of buyers, sellers and anyone looking to connect over commerce.

Join us as we create the leading machine-learning platform for keeping commerce safe. It’s going to be an exciting journey.